"Border Nation: A Story of Migration" by Leah Cowan (Paperback)

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'A must-read manifesto for border abolition' - gal-dem

Borders are more than geographical lines - they impact all our lives, whether it's the inhumanity of deportations, or a rise in racist attacks in the wake of the EU referendum. Border Nation shows how oppressive borders must be resisted.

Laying bare the web of media myths that vilify migrants, Leah Cowan dives into the murky waters of corporate profiteering from borders by companies like G4S, and the ramping up of everyday borders through legislation. She looks at their colonial origins, and explores how a draconian approach to border crossings damages our communities.

As borders multiply, so too must resistance. From demonstrations inside detention centres to migrant-led campaigns and acts of cross-border solidarity, people are fighting back to stand up for everyone's freedom to move.

Leah Cowan is the former Politics Editor at the award-winning magazine gal-dem. She works at Project 17, an advice centre which supports migrant families with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF). She speaks on race, gender and migration, including for UN Women, in the House of Commons, and at the Trade Unions Congress, and has written for VICEOpenDemocracy and the Guardian.

Powerful’ - Nikesh Shukla, editor of 'The Good Immigrant' (Unbound, 2017)

'This seminal text forms the grounding for a deep and vital understanding on how an abolition of Britain’s brutal border regime is needed to repair the harm caused by colonial legacies' - Rhys Thomas, VICE

'An accessible, well-researched and indispensable guide, myth-busting at every turn, and charting not just the origins of these violent realities, but of equal importance, how we can dismantle them' - Joshua Virasami, author of 'How To Change It: Make a Difference' (Merky Books, 2020)

'A powerful indictment of borders and border regimes that lays bare the story of how they emerged, how they exercise a tenacious hold on our imagination, and how they enact lethal violence on so many.' - Priyamvada Gopal, Professor of Postcolonial Studies at the University of Cambridge

Specifications

IMPRINT: Pluto Press
PUBLISHED: 01/03/2021
ISBN: 9780745341071
LENGTH: 160 Pages
DIMENSIONS: 129mm x 198mm
WEIGHT: 100g

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